<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>And, as ratings begin to decline, networks suggest a return to drawing and quartering...<br></span></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Moscow Cares <moscowcares@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose@cpcinternet.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "<vision2020@moscow.com>" <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 9, 2012 12:40 PM<br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Court sides with AP, news groups over execution<br> </font> </div> <br>
The execution chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana<br><img src="cid:1.3923810960@web46104.mail.sp1.yahoo.com"><br><br><br>---------------<br><br>Just to show how morbidly sick our society has become . . .<br><br>Executions Should Be Televised (New York Times)<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/executions-should-be-televised.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/executions-should-be-televised.html</a><br><br>Should [Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh's] Execution Be Televised? (ABC News)<br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story?id=93372&page=1" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story?id=93372&page=1</a><br><br>Two-Thirds of Americans Support TV Executions (MSNBC)<br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4353934/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/two-thirds-americans-support-tv-executions/#.T9OkP6N5mK0"
target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4353934/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/two-thirds-americans-support-tv-executions/#.T9OkP6N5mK0</a><br><br>---------------------<br><br>Kinda adds a whole new dimension to ratings week, huh?<br> <br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"If not us, who?<br>If not now, when?"<br><br>- Unknown<br><br><br><br>On Jun 9, 2012, at 12:03, "Rosemary Huskey" <<a ymailto="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> It is beyond repulsive that the blood-hungry, vengeful, jackasses who<br>> support the death penalty now apparently include members of the media. What<br>> kind of ghoul is interested in reading morbidly pornographic reporting?<br>> What's next - reverting to the splendid picnic event of a hundred years ago<br>> which included the spectacle of a public hanging? Somewhere between
the<br>> fried chicken and chocolate cake we too could watching the final twitches of<br>> a condemned man. <br>> Rose Huskey<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<br>> On Behalf Of Saundra Lund<br>> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 10:00 AM<br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Court sides with AP, news groups over execution<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hE_CUx_QE0ERRypM8poMP9LFy4" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hE_CUx_QE0ERRypM8poMP9LFy4</a><br>>
dg?docId=217666e5c30b4e7c89ec4559e7fbf34a<br>> OR<br>> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/85thmfe" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/85thmfe</a><br>> <br>> Court sides with AP, news groups over execution By JESSIE L. BONNER,<br>> Associated Press - 8 hours ago <br>> <br>> BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Prison officials say they'll work to carry out an<br>> execution next week as scheduled, after an appeals court sided with The<br>> Associated Press and other news organizations in ruling that witnesses<br>> should have full viewing access to a convicted killer's lethal injection.<br>> <br>> The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision Friday, a day<br>> after hearing arguments in a lawsuit from the 17 news organizations seeking<br>> to change Idaho's protocol, saying it's unconstitutionally restrictive.<br>> <br>> The case aimed to strike down a portion of Idaho's regulations that prevent<br>>
witnesses - including reporters acting as representatives of the public -<br>> from watching executions until after catheters have been inserted into the<br>> veins of death row inmates.<br>> <br>> "Nearly a decade ago, we held in the clearest possible terms that 'the<br>> public enjoys a First Amendment right to view executions from the moment the<br>> condemned is escorted into the execution chamber," the judges said in their<br>> ruling Friday. "The State of Idaho has had ample opportunity for the past<br>> decade to adopt an execution procedure that reflects this settled law."<br>> <br>> It's unclear how the ruling will affect the scheduled execution next week of<br>> Idaho death row inmate Richard Leavitt, who was convicted of the 1984 murder<br>> of a Blackfoot woman.<br>> <br>> "We, of course, respect the court's decision. We will take the necessary<br>> measures to assure that the execution continues
as scheduled," said Idaho<br>> Department of Correction spokesman Jeff Ray.<br>> <br>> The lawsuit comes as lethal injections have drawn greater scrutiny, from<br>> whether the drugs are effective to whether the execution personnel are<br>> properly trained.<br>> <br>> The news groups launched their appeal after a federal judge Tuesday denied<br>> their request seeking to prevent Leavitt's execution without the changes.<br>> <br>> The appellate judges, during arguments Thursday, noted that the 9th Circuit<br>> had already ruled in a 2002 California case that every aspect of an<br>> execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters<br>> the death chamber to the final heartbeat.<br>> <br>> The decade-old decision established what was expected of the nine Western<br>> states within the court's jurisdiction. A decade later, four of the states<br>> have kept part of each execution
away from public view, according to death<br>> penalty experts.<br>> <br>> Idaho, Arizona, Washington and Montana have conducted 14 lethal injections<br>> since the 9th Circuit ruling in 2002, and half of each procedure has been<br>> behind closed doors.<br>> <br>> Chuck Brown, an attorney for the news organizations, predicted that the 9th<br>> Circuit ruling over Idaho's execution process will prompt those remaining<br>> states to change their policies to allow for a full viewing of the execution<br>> process.<br>> <br>> "That's exactly what will happen," said Brown, who added that the ruling<br>> clears up any uncertainty about the intent of the 9th Circuit's 2002<br>> decision. "It clears up any doubt."<br>> <br>> While U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge took issue with the timing of the<br>> May 24 request from the news groups, saying it was too close to Leavitt's<br>> execution, the 9th Circuit
disagreed, saying the state was at fault. The<br>> appellate judges noted that media representatives had asked prison officials<br>> to alter the execution procedure before November 2011 execution of Paul<br>> Rhoades.<br>> <br>> The news organizations filed their case after talks were unsuccessful with<br>> prison officials, who took the position that the 2002 ruling was based on<br>> facts unique to California, Brown said, citing letters from Idaho correction<br>> director Brent Reinke.<br>> <br>> "We fault the State, not the media plaintiffs, for our need to consider this<br>> question several days before an execution: the State has missed opportunity<br>> after opportunity to bring its execution procedures into compliance with the<br>> clear law of this Circuit," the ruling also said.<br>> <br>> During arguments on Thursday, Judge Marsha Berzon questioned why Idaho<br>> should be an exception when
other states have decided that entire executions<br>> can be seen by the public.<br>> <br>> "California has been doing it. Ohio has been doing it. Arizona just<br>> announced they are going to do it," Berzon said. "You haven't put anything<br>> in the record that Idaho is different in this regard. That you haven't<br>> done."<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, serving the<br>> communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> =======================================================<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>>
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